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Defense: Status of Forces

Signed at Tokyo February 24, 2021; entered into force March 31, 2021.

With exchange of notes.

Amendment of agreement signed January 22, 2016: TIAS 16-401.3.

*This publication is being reissued due to a change in the TIAS number.

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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future